Pattern of Statin Use in Southern Italian Primary Care: Can Prescription Databases Be Used for Monitoring Long-Term Adherence to the Treatment?

Carmen Ferrajolo; Vincenzo Arcoraci; Maria Giuseppa Sullo; Concetta Rafaniello; Liberata Sportiello; Rosarita Ferrara; Angelo Cannata; Claudia Pagliaro; Michele Giuseppe Tari; Achille Patrizio Caputi; Francesco Rossi; Gianluca Trifirò; Annalisa Capuano

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102146

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Pattern of Statin Use in Southern Italian Primary Care: Can Prescription Databases Be Used for Monitoring Long-Term Adherence to the Treatment?

Carmen Ferrajolo ,

* E-mail: Carmen.ferrajolo@unina2.it

Affiliations Campania Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, Experimental Medicine Department, Pharmacology Section, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy, Medical Informatics Department, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Vincenzo Arcoraci,

Affiliation Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Maria Giuseppa Sullo,

Affiliation Campania Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, Experimental Medicine Department, Pharmacology Section, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Concetta Rafaniello,

Affiliation Campania Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, Experimental Medicine Department, Pharmacology Section, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Liberata Sportiello,

Affiliation Campania Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, Experimental Medicine Department, Pharmacology Section, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Rosarita Ferrara,

Affiliation Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Angelo Cannata,

Affiliation Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Claudia Pagliaro,

Affiliation Local Health Unit of Caserta, Caserta, Italy
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Michele Giuseppe Tari,

Affiliation Local Health Unit of Caserta, Caserta, Italy
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Achille Patrizio Caputi,

Affiliation Medical Informatics Department, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Francesco Rossi,

Affiliation Campania Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, Experimental Medicine Department, Pharmacology Section, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Gianluca Trifirò,

Affiliations Medical Informatics Department, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Annalisa Capuano

Affiliation Campania Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, Experimental Medicine Department, Pharmacology Section, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Pattern of Statin Use in Southern Italian Primary Care: Can Prescription Databases Be Used for Monitoring Long-Term Adherence to the Treatment?

Carmen Ferrajolo,
Vincenzo Arcoraci,
Maria Giuseppa Sullo,
Concetta Rafaniello,
Liberata Sportiello,
Rosarita Ferrara,
Angelo Cannata,
Claudia Pagliaro,
Michele Giuseppe Tari,
Achille Patrizio Caputi

Published: July 29, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102146

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